Spruce Pine Newcomers

Spruce Pine Newcomers Info

Welcome to Mitchell County and the Town of Spruce Pine.

The Police Department is 828-765-2233

The # for water hookup is 828-765-3000

The electric company is Progress Energy 1-800-452-2777

The phone company is BellSouth 1-888-757-6500

The Cable company is Charter 1-800-955-7766 or

Country Cablevision if you're in the county 1-800-722-4074

The Natural Gas company is Piedmont Natural Gas 1-800-752-7504

The newspaper is The Mitchell News Journal 765-2071 and it comes out once a week. Deadline for submitting ads is on Friday for the following week.

If you need transportation to a medical appointment, school or shopping Mitchell Transportation can help. Just call 688-4715 for more information.

There are different propane and kerosene gas delivery distributors in the area or you can haul your own kerosene from different stations in the area.

The local DMV License Plate Agency is run by a subcontracter and their hours differ from the state's hours of operation. CALL before you need to go to make sure they're open! 828-765-2926

Driver's License Office 828-766-7649 It is open Monday and Tuesday only. The other offices you can go to are in Avery Co. or Yancy Co. if you can't go on Mon. or Tues. 

The Dept. of Social Services is 688-2175

The Health Dept. is 688-2371

The primary school is Greenlee which is K4-2nd grade. 828-766-9562

The elementary school is Deyton which is 3-5th grade. 828-765-2504

The middle school is Harris which is 6-8th grade. 828-765-2321

The high school for Mitchell County is Mitchell High (GO MOUNTAINEERS!!)

The number there is 688-2101

If you are new to the area and live in Bakersville and the  surrounding area

 there, the following numbers are for you!

Bakersville Town Office 828-688-2113

The electric company is French Broad Electric Membership Corp 688-4815

The elementary school is Gouge 688-2141

The middle school is Bowman 688-2752

The Mitchell County Board of Education's number is 688-4432

Whether you live in the Town of Spruce Pine or any of the surrounding areas, you will find that you have a choice as to where and/or how you want your trash to be disposed of. Within the city limits there is trash collection once a week and household and other refuse once a month in which you need to call and inform the town that you want it picked up. There are several recycling centers around that are available for use as well. These recycling centers are closed on Wednesdays and Sundays. There is one on Altapass, Hwy 226S (going towards Bakersville) and one in Red Hill. The municipal dump is located on Hwy 80 N and has a place to dump most construction as well as household waste.

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